Foundation:Planning

Building on Mozilla's project-wide [2010 goals], Mozilla Foundation is undertaking a Vision and Roadmap process throughout 2009. As of Sept 2009, working on three streams of activity:

• Mozilla Drumbeat: building a community to steward the web as a public resource
• Mozilla Catalyst: solving problems and breaking new ground w/ Mozilla tech and community
• Mozilla Core: support to the Mozilla project and community

Also, early experiments with new programs have been running throughout 2009, most notably Mozilla Education. This process will not only define new Foundation activities for 2010, but will also carve out a set of longer term roles and directions.

Process and goals

The Mozilla Foundation Vision and Roadmap process is built around staff, board and community members conversations throughout 2009. The goals of the process are:

1. Articulate Foundation role and identity within the broader Mozilla community (long term)
2. Define new programs that advance the Mozilla Foundation mission (medium term)
3. Catalyze community and get good ideas rolling along the way (starts now!)

September 2009 update: An 'strawman' vision was completed in April 2009. This was replaced in summer 2009 with the three streams listed above -- Drumbeat, Catalyst and Core.

See this archive page for info on the earlier strawman discussions.

Useful Blog Postings

• Final Mozilla 2010 Goals
• Drumbeat blog postings
• Circles of Community
• More on circles of community
• Next Million Mozillians
• Whistler reflections by Mark Surman
• Mozilla Puzzle Pieces post about MozFdn role by Mark Surman

Other useful references:

• 2010 Goals Wiki
• Mozilla Futures Friend Feed